Det. Ricky Madison is back in this pulse-quickening, gritty sequel! Now suffering from PTSD following the events at the end of THE LONG CRIMSON LINE, Ricky returns to Worcester, Mass., the city where he was once a police detective; he's undergoing therapy in both solo and group settings, and in his first session, he meets a young lady struggling to cope with her love life's tribulations-she's a cutter, and he offers her his ear whenever she needs it. When elements of past crimes he had investigated creep back into the present, Ricky is brought back into the fold of Worcester Police to help link the crimes together-even though the one in charge of the investigation isn't thrilled about his presence. Together, the two comb through the facts and similarities of the respective cases until Ricky discovers the one responsible for everything.